Luke Goode (6’7” F) to INDIANA

[iu eyedoc 4,511]

3 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Wait, he only sponsored half of the spring league? Geez.

:)

Wanted to make sure he was doing a goode thing and not a greate thing.

[LamarCheeks 22,223]

7 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Wanted to make sure he was doing a goode thing and not a greate thing.

[BA47591 1,092]

On 6/27/2025 at 4:42 PM, str8baller said:

This has pretty much been my mindset. I think he will be a valuable piece if for nothing else practice and culture. I hope he gets his waiver.

He starts on this team. He would be a difference maker this year. Add to our list of 6'5-6'7 shooters. 

[RaceToTheTop 31,467]

Goode applied for a waiver in March.  It’s now July.  Ridiculous that the NCAA has not given a decision.

[str8baller 7,703]

11 hours ago, BA47591 said:

He starts on this team. He would be a difference maker this year. Add to our list of 6'5-6'7 shooters. 

I think starting him alongside Tucker and Bailey only increases your degree of difficulty keeping guys out of the paint on defense.  
 

He’s probably good enough to start on this team but I bet he comes off the bench. He’s been great in that role his whole career. 

[mamasa 16,027]

Man, I saw the traffic in this thread and thought he'd received the waiver. 

[jermhoosierfan 370]

12 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Man, I saw the traffic in this thread and thought he'd received the waiver. 

I thought the same.  "Did he get get his waiver?" Nope, just some people getting impatient from not hearing anything.

[LamarCheeks 22,223]

[jermhoosierfan 370]

Half way through July, and there has been no word on this decision yet?  I can see why there are rumblings to give the NCAA a big middle finger and the P4 to form their own organization.  It moves about as fast as a government entity.

[Pagoda 5,171]

Bad news.  I thought he could have done really well in CDD’s program.  NCAA is so frustrating.

NEWS: Luke Goode confirmed to IndyStar what he'd signaled in a social media post this afternoon: His waiver for a fifth year has been denied and he's decided to call time on his college career. 

[FortWayneHoosier 6,947]

Pretty bummed he can’t play one more year

[RaceToTheTop 31,467]

If someone can make logic out of how Justice Ajobor was given eligibility and Goode wasn't, I'm all ears.  Both played four years, both had one season where the only games they played were in the second half of the season.  While Goode played 10 games, two of those games were not on the regular season schedule (one was in the BTT and was in the NCAAT), so both played under 30% of the games of the season.

[Demo 24,351]

11 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Bad news.  I thought he could have done really well in CDD’s program.

NEWS: Luke Goode confirmed to IndyStar what he'd signaled in a social media post this afternoon: His waiver for a fifth year has been denied and he's decided to call time on his college career. 

Of all the things the NCAA has just summarily punted on, holding fast to playing at the end of the year rather than the beginning is pretty incomprehensible.

[Stuhoo 90,313]

I would have been shocked if he was approved at this late a date.

[Hoosierfanyuh 7,157]

7 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

If someone can make logic out of how Justice Ajobor was given eligibility and Goode wasn't, I'm all ears.  Both played four years, both had one season where the only games they played were in the second half of the season.  While Goode played 10 games, two of those games were not on the regular season schedule (one was in the BTT and was in the NCAAT), so both played under 30% of the games of the season.

The reason will be because Luke played at the end of the season

[HoosierHoopster 8,656]

Hard to make sense of NCAA decisions generally, this one fits the bill for NCAA lack of consistency. 

I wish Goode well, appreciated his play and effort while he was on the team. Thanks Luke for what you brought to our team.

Now it's a full re-set on the team -- it's entirely DeVries' team, looking forward to seeing him build it forward, 2025-26 and beyond.

[RaceToTheTop 31,467]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

The reason will be because Luke played at the end of the season

So did Justice.  He didn't play his first game until February.

[RaceToTheTop 31,467]

3 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Hard to make sense of NCAA decisions generally, this one fits the bill for NCAA lack of consistency. 

I wish Goode well, appreciated his play and effort while he was on the team. Thanks Luke for what you brought to our team.

Now it's a full re-set on the team -- it's entirely DeVries' team, looking forward to seeing him build it forward, 2025-26 and beyond.

I would agree that it fits with what they have done EXCEPT the exception they made for Justice Ajogbor who played all of his games between February 4th and March 5th.  Can't be just a minutes played thing because Leal was denied in a season where he played fewer minutes than Ajogbor.

I completely understand Goode and Leal being denied because they fit the NCAA rules of being denied.  But what doesn't make sense is that Ajogbor ALSO fit the model for denial in the same manner that Goode did.  To my knowledge Ajoghor is the only basketball player to ever receiver a waiver for a year in which he played in the second half of the season....why is that the case?

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,666]

Pretty bummed for us and Luke on this decision.  I thought he had a great chance. Sounds like the NCAA decided to have a backbone on some of these decisions. 
 

Ristic occupies the Leal/Goode spot, so it wasn’t largely a position of need however Goode had been there/done that.   
 

Fingers crossed for Reed Baileys health.  And our prospects at the 5.  
 

Probably too late to get any kind of a difference maker at this point.  

[jermhoosierfan 370]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

Bad news.  I thought he could have done really well in CDD’s program.

NEWS: Luke Goode confirmed to IndyStar what he'd signaled in a social media post this afternoon: His waiver for a fifth year has been denied and he's decided to call time on his college career. 

When I posted this morning, I didn't intend for him to be denied.  The whole beginning vs. the end of the year is stupid.  I really don't blame anyone to reorganizing the NCAA or making another organization.